Background

Mr. Charles C. Foster is a Founding Member of Tindall & Foster and serves as Head of its Immigration Law Practice Group. Mr. Foster has more than 30 years of experience representing and advising multinational companies on U.S. immigration law. Mr. Foster leads the Greater Houston Partnership Task Force on Immigration Reform, a nationwide effort to secure sensible immigration reform legislation that meets the needs of the business community, families and nation s economy. ... He served as National President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and Chairman of the Immigration Coordinating Committee of the American Bar Association. Mr. Foster serves as the Chairman of Asia Society Texas Center. He serves as Co-Chairman of FosterQuan, LLP. He serves as Chair of the State Bar of Texas Immigration & Nationality Law Section. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Greater Houston Partnership World Trade Supervisory Board. He serves as a Director of Greater Houston Partnership. He serves as a Trustee of Asia Society. Mr. Foster serves as a Member of Advisory Board at ClearPath, Inc. Mr. Foster serves as honorary consul general for the Kingdom of Thailand (Houston). He is also on the Houston Committee of the Council of Foreign Relations. He serves as Member of the Board of Directors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the International Institute of Education Southern Region, Neighborhood Centers, Inc., InterFaith Ministries, and the Houston Ballet. Mr. Foster Long recognized as a national expert in U.S. immigration law, Mr. Foster has served as senior policy advisor to both President during their Presidential campaigns and has testified before both the U.S. House and Senate Subcommittees on Immigration on a variety of occasions. Mr. Foster previously served as Chairman of the Governors Task Force on Immigration, Chairman of the Greater Houston Partnership s Economic Development Advisory Committee and World Trade Division, President of the American Immigration Lawyer s Association (AILA), Chairman of the American Bar Association s Coordinating Committee on Immigration Law, Chairman of the State Bar of Texas Committee on Laws Relating to Immigration and Nationality, and President of the Houston Forum and the Houston Club. Mr. Foster is a Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He lectures frequently before legal, academic, and professional organizations in Texas and throughout the United States, and has authored numerous articles on U.S. immigration law. Mr. Foster served for five years as an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at the University of Houston Law Center. He has received numerous awards including the 1997 Houston International Service Award by the Houston Jaycees and Consular Corps, annual recognition since 2003 as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine, 1998 American Immigration Law Foundation Honorary Fellow, and Texas Lawyer has selected Mr. Foster as the top Go To Immigration Lawyer for the State of Texas since 2003. He was the recipient of the 2004 AILA Texas Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award and was awarded the Royal Decoration of the Knight Commander (Second Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand by His Excellency Dr. Suarkiart Sathirathai, Foreign Minister of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand. Mr. Foster earned his bachelors and law degrees at the University of Texas. He also completed a fellowship at the Universidad de Concepcion, Chile. Mr. Foster received his undergraduate and law degrees from The University of Texas.

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